Greg Buben wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:26 am
I just read Grahams response to my post and to some extent I can say yes many songs such as "More Than a Feeling"
by Boston which was a top 40 hit when I was in high school has been and still is overplayed. What I would do if I were
to go up against WLAV as a classic rock station would be to offer some deeper cuts so that when you hear Boston for
an example it wouldn't just be "More Than A Feeling" or "Don't Look Back". Now if Town Square or I-Heart were to flip
either 95.7 FM or 101.3 FM they may not go as deep cut as I would if I were in control but classic rock competition would
still be healthy for the G.R. area because classic rock is still a very viable format just look at the nearest major markets
Chicago with "The Drive" WDRV and Detroit with WCSX. For that matter look at the nearest small markets Kalamazoo with
"The Rocker" WRKR , Muskegon with WMRR, and Lansing with WMMQ. WLAV is in decline and I don't think classic rock should
die in the local radio market because of WLAV making poor decisions on how they run the classic rock station.
Here's what's wrong with the classic rock format:
WMMQ recently played in last hour:
Abracadabra - Steve Miller
Big Empty - Stone Temple Pilots
Fly By Night - Rush
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
Baba O'riley - Who
Rock Of Ages - Def Leppard
Black Betty - Ram Jam
Stone In Love - Journey
Dream On - Aerosmith
WLAV recently played in last hour:
Takin' Care of Business - BTO
Dream On - Aerosmith
Keep your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites
The Fire Down Below - Bob Segar
Rock of Ages - Def Leppard
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
Modern Love - David Bowie
The Joker - Steve Miller
The same crusty-ass lame songs that have been played on these stations for the last 30 years. All these songs were heard on Classic Rock stations in the 1990s. Why are they still predominantly played? As I've said here before, 1960s oldies were kicked to the curb 20 years ago on mainstream radio. Why then is stale 1970s butt rock still dominating Classic Rock? In theory, they should have been gone 10 years ago.